:00:16. > :00:18.This is BBC Newsline, and these are the headlines
:00:19. > :00:23.Fresh inquests are ordered into the deaths of 21 people
:00:24. > :00:36.in the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings - relatives welcome the decision.
:00:37. > :00:50.Today is... The most seismic day for all of us. I hope that our fathers,
:00:51. > :00:57.brothers, sisters, mothers are looking down and they are proud.
:00:58. > :01:01.Senior officers in MI5 and MI6 have said they can find no evidence that
:01:02. > :01:02.intelligence officers were involved in or condoned
:01:03. > :01:08.Martin McGuinness says he's extending the hand of friendship
:01:09. > :01:12.to unionists as he lays a peace wreath during a two-day tour
:01:13. > :01:19.Roy Keane vents his spleen as the Republic of Ireland falter
:01:20. > :01:24.And it's been an amazing start to June and the summer season.
:01:25. > :01:36.Find out what's in store for the rest of the week.
:01:37. > :01:38.The inquests into the deaths of 21 people killed
:01:39. > :01:40.in the Birmingham pub bombings are to be reopened, more than
:01:41. > :01:48.The senior coroner for Birmingham and Solihull said she had made
:01:49. > :01:51.the decision because of new evidence that there had been two missed
:01:52. > :02:06.Before we came near, I spoke to a BBC reporter who has been following
:02:07. > :02:12.the Birmingham families' long campaign to restart the inquest.
:02:13. > :02:18.Today the coroner said that she was satisfied there is another new
:02:19. > :02:23.evidence to reopen the inquest. -- enough new evidence. No one has
:02:24. > :02:28.been successfully prosecuted. They were refused a public enquiry, and
:02:29. > :02:34.actually this inquest is seen as the best way of getting at the truth.
:02:35. > :02:38.The coroner today gave a clear reason for opening the inquest
:02:39. > :02:41.again, saying that actually there is information that has come to light
:02:42. > :02:48.that shows there could be some evidence of prior warning to West
:02:49. > :02:52.Midlands Police before the bombings, evidence that has not been in the
:02:53. > :02:58.public domain before. To separate incidents, one when men believed to
:02:59. > :03:02.have IRA connections where Howard talking about Birmingham being hit
:03:03. > :03:06.next, add one on the morning of the bombings, and man went to police
:03:07. > :03:10.station after overhearing a conversation in a pub which he
:03:11. > :03:14.believed was people planning a bomb attack. The coroner today saying
:03:15. > :03:19.that she believes, although they are not conclusive pieces of evidence,
:03:20. > :03:22.as weighty enough to warrant this inquest being opened again, and
:03:23. > :03:27.possibly this could provide some of the answer is that the families have
:03:28. > :03:30.been looking for. My colleague Maggie Taggart has been looking at
:03:31. > :03:35.the background. Thousands of people were enjoying an
:03:36. > :03:40.evening Edinburgh me and city centre on the 21st of November 19 74. The
:03:41. > :03:42.night was shattered when a bomb exploded in the Mulberry Bush pub at
:03:43. > :03:45.8:17pm. Then, ten minutes later,
:03:46. > :03:48.a second explosion, this time Seven of the dead were women, 14
:03:49. > :03:57.men. Five were teenagers. But that wasn't the full extent
:03:58. > :03:59.of the atrocity. Another 182 people were
:04:00. > :04:01.injured in the blasts. A warning had been telephoned
:04:02. > :04:03.to a local Birmingham newspaper, but it was said to have been too
:04:04. > :04:09.vague and too late. An inquest into the 21 deaths began
:04:10. > :04:12.within days, but was suspended when the police charged six Irish
:04:13. > :04:17.men with the murders. There were anti-Irish
:04:18. > :04:18.protests at the time. Those men spent 17 years in prison
:04:19. > :04:21.before being acquitted Responsibility for the bombings has
:04:22. > :04:29.never been formally admitted, but they were widely accepted
:04:30. > :04:32.to have been carried out by the IRA, and that was acknowledged
:04:33. > :04:46.by a former chief What reaction has there been from
:04:47. > :04:49.the families of those killed to the coroner's division today? It was a
:04:50. > :04:55.very emotional day in Solihull. There were three families that
:04:56. > :05:05.specifically brought this case, this inquest review hearing. All three
:05:06. > :05:09.were represented. The brother and sister of Maxi Hamilton who was 18
:05:10. > :05:14.when she was killed in one of those pubs have probably been the most
:05:15. > :05:17.vocal in the Justice for the 21 campaign. Very emotional reaction on
:05:18. > :05:22.the steps outside court. They say they have been fighting incessantly
:05:23. > :05:33.to get the truth. And the fight goes on. Duly gave a statement. 2-D is...
:05:34. > :05:42.-- 2-D is the most seismic day for all of us. I hope that our fathers,
:05:43. > :05:53.brothers, sisters, mothers, are looking down and they are proud.
:05:54. > :05:59.Looking at the ten skill, when do we expect these fresh inquest to
:06:00. > :06:03.happen? -- at the timescale. The coroner made clear this will not be
:06:04. > :06:06.a swift process. There is likely to be a pre-inquest hearing.
:06:07. > :06:11.Submissions will have to be made for that. Bearing in mind just this
:06:12. > :06:16.hearing to determine whether or not she would open the inquest again,
:06:17. > :06:21.they have had submissions of 19,000 documents already. So there will be
:06:22. > :06:24.a pre-inquest hearing no, an official one. Submissions will be
:06:25. > :06:28.made probably throughout this year. That could possibly take place by
:06:29. > :06:29.the end of the year. We are not looking at the inquest reopening
:06:30. > :06:33.until at least next year. Thank you. Also giving his reaction outside
:06:34. > :06:35.the inquest today was one of the Birmingham Six,
:06:36. > :06:45.Paddy Hill. Who were wrongly convicted of the
:06:46. > :06:49.bombings. I am very pleased. It is the first step that has been taken
:06:50. > :06:55.to finding out the real truth behind the Birmingham pub bombings, and a
:06:56. > :06:59.massive cover-up has been concluded. The judiciary, the Government and
:07:00. > :07:01.the Birmingham police over the last 40 years, and that cover-up is still
:07:02. > :07:04.going on today. Senior officers in MI5 and MI6 have
:07:05. > :07:08.said they can find no evidence that intelligence officers were involved
:07:09. > :07:10.in or condoned abuse The sexual abuse of boys
:07:11. > :07:16.at the home in East Belfast is the current focus
:07:17. > :07:31.of the Historical Institutional For decades there have been
:07:32. > :07:36.allegations that people in positions of authority and influence knew what
:07:37. > :07:40.was happening at Kincora and covered it up. But the secret intelligence
:07:41. > :07:47.community knew as well, but a loaded to continue to protect their
:07:48. > :07:52.sources. -- allowed it to continue. Within the past few days, officers
:07:53. > :07:57.from the secret intelligence service or MI6 and from MI5 have provided
:07:58. > :08:00.statements to the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry as it
:08:01. > :08:05.begins to examine sexual abuse at Kincora. One of the officers is
:08:06. > :08:08.known simply as FIS Officer eight. The other is the deputy director of
:08:09. > :08:44.MI5. -- officer Both MI5 and MI6 have agreed to
:08:45. > :08:51.assist the enquiry through the. -- Soule. All the documents and
:08:52. > :09:04.evidence from many state bodies will be examined in detail over the next
:09:05. > :09:07.four years. -- for weeks. This is the first clear indication of what
:09:08. > :09:10.the secret intelligence community will be saying.
:09:11. > :09:15.We visit the recently rediscoverd World War I training trenches
:09:16. > :09:26.at Ballykinler army camp in County Down.
:09:27. > :09:29.The Deputy First Minister has laid a wreath at a World War I
:09:30. > :09:34.Martin McGuinness, who was invited by the Flemish Government,
:09:35. > :09:36.says his visit is part of a journey towards reconciliation.
:09:37. > :09:44.Our political correspondent Gareth Gordon is in Flanders.
:09:45. > :09:51.Martin McGuinness's journey has brought him to some unlikely
:09:52. > :09:58.destinations. This was another. The former IRA commander laid a wreath
:09:59. > :10:01.to soldiers who died from Britain. Irish men, but Irishman who weighed
:10:02. > :10:09.down their lives for his own enemy none the less. The former Prime
:10:10. > :10:14.Minister of Ireland lost his life in the First World War. I know have his
:10:15. > :10:19.office in Stormont Castle. I think that shows how things have changed
:10:20. > :10:28.over the course of many decades. How many unimaginable things have
:10:29. > :10:31.occurred, and how they have all contribute aid -- contributed to, I
:10:32. > :10:36.hope, driving the peace process forward, and the next stage of the
:10:37. > :10:39.peace process which is one of re-conciliation. Martin McGuinness
:10:40. > :10:43.says he knows that there are those at home on both sides who will
:10:44. > :10:46.resent this visit for a very different reason, but he says he is
:10:47. > :10:51.prepared to leave that to the court of public opinion. Mr McGuinness was
:10:52. > :10:56.in Belgium at the invitation of a man who someday wants to see his
:10:57. > :11:05.part of the country, Flanders, go its own way. I believe in peace,
:11:06. > :11:10.dialogue, I believe this is the solution for the problem in Belgium.
:11:11. > :11:16.I really appreciate the US peace process and neither Alan, that --
:11:17. > :11:23.that there is a peace process in Northern Ireland, the war has ended
:11:24. > :11:28.and there is a dialogue. And here where the sweet poet sleeps, I hear
:11:29. > :11:34.the songs he left unsung. When winds are faltering the flowers and some
:11:35. > :11:39.rebels are wrong. This poem was written by Irish nationalists turned
:11:40. > :11:45.British daughter Frances Ledger which, killed in action in 1917.
:11:46. > :11:52.# British soldier. There were many like him. More and more Republicans
:11:53. > :11:56.have been coming forward, telling me and others that their relatives were
:11:57. > :12:00.also killed and buried here. So I think this is part of our shared and
:12:01. > :12:06.dated history. Tomorrow Mr McGuinness will go to the Somme,
:12:07. > :12:08.hallowed ground for Unionists were so many of their forefathers died
:12:09. > :12:14.100 years ago. And BBC Newsline will have more
:12:15. > :12:18.coverage of that visit tomorrow. Coming up shortly on the programme,
:12:19. > :12:24.we unearth a location in County Down The latest from the training base in
:12:25. > :12:32.court. Two former executives of the failed
:12:33. > :12:35.Anglo Irish Bank have been found guilty of conspiracy to defraud
:12:36. > :12:37.following the longest trial John Bowe and Willie McAteer misled
:12:38. > :12:45.depositors, lenders and investors by making the bank's corporate
:12:46. > :12:50.deposits look larger than they were. Mr McAteer has previously been
:12:51. > :12:52.convicted of making loans designed to illegally prop up
:12:53. > :12:57.the bank's share price. Anglo was nationalised in 2009,
:12:58. > :13:00.and has cost Irish taxpayers more The jury are still considering their
:13:01. > :13:09.verdicts on two other bankers. The vice-chancellor
:13:10. > :13:11.of Queen's University has raised a few hackles following comments he
:13:12. > :13:16.made in Monday's Belfast Telegraph. Patrick Johnston said that society
:13:17. > :13:21.doesn't need a 21-year-old that's He has since apologised for giving
:13:22. > :13:40.the impression that he doesn't take It's 1500 years ago, but what sort
:13:41. > :13:45.of things were happening in the sixth century? The founder of Islam,
:13:46. > :13:50.the Prophet Muhammad, was born. The splendour of the Byzantine period
:13:51. > :13:56.was being created. The medieval monastery here was being built.
:13:57. > :14:01.Saint Columba left Ireland to spread Christianity to Scotland. Rich
:14:02. > :14:04.historical pickings. However, in Belfast Telegraph interview, Vice
:14:05. > :14:09.Chancellor of Queen's University questioned how useful studying such
:14:10. > :14:22.things would be. In the interview said:
:14:23. > :14:31.needless to say, some history shouldn't did not take too kindly to
:14:32. > :14:34.his comments. -- history students. Why offer the degree in the first
:14:35. > :14:41.place if you think it is not a viable? I am offended. As I am
:14:42. > :14:47.halfway through my degree, iPod and making a positive effect in peoples
:14:48. > :14:51.lives. -- plan on making a positive effect. Should I just give up on
:14:52. > :14:57.that? I was angry because I felt it took away from the hard work I have
:14:58. > :15:01.done in my time at Queen's University. What do those in the
:15:02. > :15:06.world of science and business bank? For the last five years I have been
:15:07. > :15:08.in Northern Ireland champion for science technology and mathematics,
:15:09. > :15:12.and it is absolutely case that we need more students deciding to study
:15:13. > :15:17.those subjects. But if we are to truly develop and grow a colony, we
:15:18. > :15:24.need diverse skills and everybody to participate in it. -- grow our
:15:25. > :15:26.economy. Patrick Johnson said he interior we apologise for any
:15:27. > :15:31.misunderstanding in his interview. He said he held his colleagues,
:15:32. > :15:39.shootings and all know from history in the highest regard. -- students
:15:40. > :15:40.and alumni. Whether his comments will be resigned to history remains
:15:41. > :15:43.to be seen. Recently discovered trenches used
:15:44. > :15:46.in the First World War to train troops heading to the Flanders
:15:47. > :15:49.battlefields are being excavated. They are in an overgrown area
:15:50. > :15:51.of gorseland between the firing ranges at Ballykinler army
:15:52. > :15:54.camp in County Down. In the run-up to the Somme centenary
:15:55. > :15:56.comemorations, Mervyn Jess reports from close to the line
:15:57. > :16:09.of fire at Ballykinler. With the sound of gunfire from the
:16:10. > :16:14.nearby Army ranges echoing all around them, this excavation team is
:16:15. > :16:19.digging deep into the sandy soil of Ballykinler military base. It is
:16:20. > :16:23.part of an agency project focusing on these recently discovered First
:16:24. > :16:31.World War training trenches. This party is actually the face of the
:16:32. > :16:35.sandbagging. These training trenches in Ballykinler are now the subject
:16:36. > :16:39.of a new investigation, with a dig under way that will hopefully open
:16:40. > :16:43.up the stories connected with them. Where young men trained here before
:16:44. > :16:48.heading off to France and the Battle of the Somme. There are a lot of
:16:49. > :16:54.locations that have got the vestiges of trenches. Some of them are just
:16:55. > :17:01.virtually gone, not a lot left to be found at all. Ballykinler is quite
:17:02. > :17:05.unique in terms of what does remain. It is a beautiful facsimile trench
:17:06. > :17:12.system. There is no story for it at the moment. The estate manager says
:17:13. > :17:16.the mapping and panning of the trenches has been ongoing for a year
:17:17. > :17:20.and a half. This dig is just the start of a much larger excavation
:17:21. > :17:24.planned for later in the year. People like they're in Northern
:17:25. > :17:29.Ireland whose grandparents trained in here, and they have got personal
:17:30. > :17:35.memories of view themselves. It is all to do that story together. Did
:17:36. > :17:41.it really help them? Is there any history in the bottom of the
:17:42. > :17:45.trenches? The idea is to see if we can get some human history, a bit
:17:46. > :17:51.more detail, rather than just holes in the ground. The big thing for us
:17:52. > :17:55.is working with communities, so from our perspective in Government, we
:17:56. > :17:59.just want to make sure that these are properly identified, that way we
:18:00. > :18:02.can get to use them for future generations of our children. As we
:18:03. > :18:06.move further and further away from the First World War, they can maybe
:18:07. > :18:12.be brought here in the future to teach them more about the personals
:18:13. > :18:22.that had to train for war in these trenches. -- the poor souls. We are
:18:23. > :18:28.seeing advances in trench warfare through archaeology. Once the dig is
:18:29. > :18:31.complete, they hope to breathe new life into the trenches, restoring
:18:32. > :18:40.them to some semblance of what they look like the 100 years ago.
:18:41. > :18:55.Now we continue our telephone to the Euro finals. -- our code.
:18:56. > :18:57.The Republic are licking wounds after a surprise defeat last night.
:18:58. > :19:01.Martin O'Neill's men beaten 2-1 by Belarus.
:19:02. > :19:03.Although largely a second-string assistant manager, Roy Keane
:19:04. > :19:05.was withering in his critique of the players.
:19:06. > :19:08.After the match, the manager named his 23-man squad for Euro 2016.
:19:09. > :19:09.Reporting from the Republic of Ireland camp,
:19:10. > :19:24.Despite the dramatic last-minute nature, in reality there were no
:19:25. > :19:27.real surprises in the 23 man panel pick. O'Neill has gone with the
:19:28. > :19:36.players he trusts. Those who guarantee qualification to get to
:19:37. > :19:46.this stage. In the last six months, been waiting for somebody to say, I
:19:47. > :19:52.would like to go to the Euros. To say, I am the main guy, I run
:19:53. > :19:56.training, I do this. There are other guys then who will be happy to be
:19:57. > :20:03.fringe buyers. They do not want the responsibility of being starting 11,
:20:04. > :20:09.because of the pressure. Last time it was a good occasion for some of
:20:10. > :20:15.the players. It was sunny. Forget that. You are playing international
:20:16. > :20:20.football. Control the ball, pass it to your mates, and if you lose it,
:20:21. > :20:26.run back, and from back like you care. In terms of Robbie Keane's
:20:27. > :20:33.situation, where more you try and reintegrate into training sessions?
:20:34. > :20:36.Probably the middle of next week. A positive attitude helps with any
:20:37. > :20:44.injury, so I would not be concerned about Robbie. If the question is
:20:45. > :20:50.whether he will be available for Sweden, the Asda is probably yes.
:20:51. > :20:55.Callum O'Dowda really impressed during a cameo role against Alvarez.
:20:56. > :20:59.It was his international debut, and he has been asked to stay and train
:21:00. > :21:04.with the squad over the next few days. -- against Belarus.
:21:05. > :21:09.You do not have to like him, but there is always something compelling
:21:10. > :21:10.about Roy Keane. Equally compelling has been Northern Ireland's
:21:11. > :21:13.qualification story. Northern Ireland are
:21:14. > :21:14.at their pre-tournament Among them, veteran
:21:15. > :21:17.goalkeeper Roy Carroll. Next season he'll be
:21:18. > :21:19.playing for Linfield, but the Fermanagh man
:21:20. > :21:21.has told BBC Newsline he's determined to be Michael O'Neill's
:21:22. > :21:28.number one keeper in France. I don't want to be going out and
:21:29. > :21:34.sitting on the bench, I want to be playing. I think every player going
:21:35. > :21:42.out to France wants to play. I want to go wide there and play, my last
:21:43. > :21:47.performance I enjoyed every minute of it. Michael knows what I can do,
:21:48. > :21:51.so we'll see what happens in the next two weeks. Gives a sense of how
:21:52. > :21:55.these players are thinking about this. They are not going as
:21:56. > :22:00.tourists, they are going to make sure they get into the grip. We are
:22:01. > :22:06.professional players, want to go wide there and win games. Looking
:22:07. > :22:10.forward to it. We will go wide and give it 100%. As long as you give
:22:11. > :22:16.100% on the pitch and give your best, it is a bonus. We proved in
:22:17. > :22:30.the group stages how good we were, by finishing top, and hopefully we
:22:31. > :22:33.can do what we did then. It has killed a few people in Fermanagh. --
:22:34. > :22:36.scared a few people. A quick look now at something
:22:37. > :22:51.on tomorrow evening's BBC Newsline. As the countdown continues to the
:22:52. > :23:01.Euros, what a Republic of Ireland fans think about Northern Ireland?
:23:02. > :23:04.No comment. Next question. That is tomorrow night on BBC Newsline.
:23:05. > :23:06.Professional boxers will be allowed to compete at the Rio Olympics after
:23:07. > :23:09.the International Boxing Association approved the move this morning.
:23:10. > :23:11.It paves the way for professionals to fight for medals
:23:12. > :23:26.I welcome it. I love it. The only thing about it is to avoid amateur
:23:27. > :23:31.status, but I think we are trying to get away from that anyway. It is the
:23:32. > :23:36.only sport in the games that has remained amateur, and I think people
:23:37. > :23:42.do want to see it in there. If professionals can imagine the scene
:23:43. > :23:50.it would not bother me. The idea of Floyd Mayweather being in my weight
:23:51. > :23:53.division, though? It is the pinnacle of amateur sports getting to the
:23:54. > :23:58.Olympics, and it is hard to qualify with professionals coming down. It
:23:59. > :24:02.is more interesting, but not as serious. It takes away from the
:24:03. > :24:05.amateurs. Professional or not, I think our
:24:06. > :24:10.boxers are the best bet for a potential medal at the real games.
:24:11. > :24:12.-- the Rio games. The weather forecast next,
:24:13. > :24:15.and I am very pleased to introduce Cecilia Daly as she has
:24:16. > :24:26.some hot news! Today was scorching. Temperatures
:24:27. > :24:31.peaking at 23 degrees in Northern Ireland, and also in the Republic,
:24:32. > :24:37.the sunshine islands today. The hotspots were in Fermanagh and
:24:38. > :24:40.Tyrone. You can see the contrast, that cooling breeze coming in off
:24:41. > :24:48.the sea really painfully tempered back at the north course. The sun is
:24:49. > :24:52.just a strong. Dry tonight. Despite amateurs into the low 20s, they
:24:53. > :24:57.could fall to low values and parts of the countryside. Sun is up very
:24:58. > :25:00.early so it will warm up quickly, also helping any early morning mist
:25:01. > :25:06.and cloud. This is how it looked this morning in the low-lying areas.
:25:07. > :25:10.First thing tomorrow it is dry, some mist and low cloud and places, but
:25:11. > :25:14.certainly not everywhere, a lot of people start the morning with sunny
:25:15. > :25:20.blue skies and temperatures already starting to climb. We are looking at
:25:21. > :25:23.another fine, warm day. Maybe some code for a time over Belfast and the
:25:24. > :25:28.south-east, which will be unusual compared to the last couple of days.
:25:29. > :25:33.Temperatures will continue to rise. Light winds. Strong sunshine, and
:25:34. > :25:39.settle at around 19 or 20, maybe 21. Looks like the south-west will be
:25:40. > :25:43.the warmest. The king to Friday and the weekend, the good news is that
:25:44. > :25:48.there is still plenty more dry and warm weather to come. Still a fair
:25:49. > :25:51.bit of sunshine as well. One slight snag on Saturday, a week whether
:25:52. > :25:58.France will bring some cloud and maybe some rain. But by and large,
:25:59. > :26:02.the sun will be back by Sunday. Maybe some early-morning mist and
:26:03. > :26:06.places. Still some decent temperatures, up to 19 or 20
:26:07. > :26:12.degrees, and again the side is favourite for those warmer
:26:13. > :26:16.temperatures. Towards the weekend, maybe some cloud on Saturday, but
:26:17. > :26:26.still a fair ladies Day, and the sometime back again on Sunday.
:26:27. > :26:31.Warmer on Sunday, and sunshine for the cyclists as well.
:26:32. > :26:33.Our late summary is at half past ten.
:26:34. > :26:45.You can also keep in contact with us via Facebook and Twitter.
:26:46. > :26:47.From a loss, enjoy the rest of grieving. Goodbye.